Where: 253 Gouger Street
When: from now!
Who: James and Belinda
What: hairdresser/vintage clothes shop
Why: because it’s cooler than cool
Pull: shop, drink and listen to beats while you get your hair done
Gang [gang] - noun
1. group or band: A gang of boys gathered around the winning pitcher.
2. group of youngsters or adolescents who associate closely, often exclusively, for social reasons, esp. such a group engaging in delinquent behavior.
3. group of people with compatible tastes or mutual interests who gather together for social reasons: I'm throwing a party for the gang I bowl with.
4. group of persons working together; squad; shift: a gang of laborers.
5. group of persons associated for some criminal or other antisocial purpose: a gang of thieves.
6. set of tools, electronic components or circuits, oars, etc., arranged to work together or simultaneously.
7. group of identical or related items
You don’t need to kill someone to show your affiliation with Gang. Nor do you need to get initiated via some extreme method. Hand signals, graffiti tags or tattoos are not applicable to show your Gang affiliation, either. And Gang is definitely not as hardcore as infamous LA gangs the Bloods or Crips.
So what is this secret Gang business?
The Gang culture coming out of Gouger Street is not just a hairdresser, not quite a clothes shop. Resonating a New York vibe, enter via an ally way, through a metal roller door and be greeted with an air of minimalism where the warehouse-like venue houses a mini bar, decks and the yang of Gang - the hairdressing facet.
Claire Inc, the tres-hot vintage clothing store headed by Belinda Humphris, is the ying of Gang. After having a very successful eBay store selling the hottest designer vintage she has now launched it instore and is decked out with beautiful brooches, designer bags and boots and chic dresses on offer.
Wanna be in the gang? Then head to the hottest salon/vintage clothing collaboration to come out of Adelaide and get your gang-on.
“It’s on like donkey-kong bitches!”
Belinda Pappalardo
